Mississippi Weather and Crop Report Highlights State Trends
The Mississippi weather week was extremely hot with maximums in the nineties and widespread premature cotton opening. Three fifths of southern cotton and one third of northern fields are out, labor scarce, but yields improving in rains, with fall plowing amid November and December work. Potatoes good, pastures short, water scarce. Separate notes cover Dr. Watkins’s fundraising for Methodist superannuated preachers, and Auditor Henry’s figures showing bank capital, surplus, and profits rising significantly since 1895, plus statewide realty and personalty valuation increases and new banks formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Henry
Mr. Henry
Henry
Mississippi
King Cotton statue draws crowds at World Fair Mississippi exhibit
Mississippi’s King Cotton statue towers 37 feet in the agricultural building. The wax figures of five negro cotton pickers flank a throne made of thirty bales of cotton. The display highlights cotton products valued at 85 million dollars and has won the grand prize.
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Mississippi
King Cotton
Beauxvoir Soldiers Home appoints new superintendent and matron
The Beauvoir Soldiers Home board learned last week that Supt McKnight resigned due to dissatisfaction with his management. McKnight had led since January 1. Major Kemp of Oxford was chosen as his temporary replacement, with Mrs Wallace of Biloxi as temporary matron. Ratification by the full board is pending at the next meeting.
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Soldiers’ Home
Beauvoir
Mc- Knight
McKnight
Major Kemp
Oxford
Wallace
Biloxi
Railroad progress from Newton to New Albany advances
The grading on the Newton to New Albany rail line is tactically completed. Steel is laid miles above Newton and several miles below Louisville. The train ran into Louisville for the first time last week.
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Newton
New Albany
Louisville
Real estate brokers open Jackson bureau to drum up land sales
Jackson brokers form a New York bureau to cultivate interest in Hinds county lands. In operation about a month, it attracts a large North ern visitors planning to buy lands in early November. Other towns may imitate Jackson to boost sales. It pays to inform the public.
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Jackson Real Estate Brokers
New York
Hinds County
Jackson
Lamar County Legal Delays Raise Court Validity Concerns
Conditions in Lamar County lack a fixed court time due to legislative oversight. Jurists fear arbitrary scheduling could render court proceedings nonbinding. Lumberton, in Lamar, faces serious criminal case conditions amid the uncertainty.
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Lamar County
Lamar
Hodding Court
Lumberton
Farmers Learn Fall Plowing and Fertilizer Use
Farmers are learning to plow early and deeply and apply fertilizers in the fall rather than in spring. This approach is expected to yield better results for the next season's crops and indicates a likely rise in fertilizer use.
Fatal Stick Fight Ends in Conhoma County
Jim Crawford a latte pickaninny on Clover Hill plantation in Conhoma county dies after a stick fight with Jim Robinson. Initially light taps gave way to violent blows, Crawford felled and died soon after. Jury finds no criminal intent. Statewide remarks note rising skull thinning in negro population.
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Jim Crawford
Clover Hill
Conhoma County
Jim Robinson
Crawford
Notice of government letter carrier service in Greenwood
Mrs. A. 8. McLean postmistress at Greenwood receives formal notice that a government letter carrier service will be established in the town. Installation arrangements are expected to be completed by December 1. A favorable petition report was sent to the department weeks ago by Inspector Fitzgerald.
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A. 8. McLean
Greenwood
Department
Fitzgerald
Bishop Galloway Leaves Japan for Shanghai Conference
A telegram reports Bishop Galloway has left Japan after two Methodist mission conferences and is in Shanghai for several weeks beginning October 6. After completing the Shanghai gathering he will travel to Seoul for his final conference in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Watkins
Jackson
Methodist Church of the South
Methodist Church
Middle States
Watkins
Kentucky
West Virginia
Missouri
St. Louis
Bishop Galloway
Japan
Shanghai
China
Galloway
Seoul
Korea
Water Valley Mechanic Secures Rail Locomotive Patent
William Mittereiter, a skilled mechanic in the Illinois Central shops at Water Valley, has secured a patent for an improved cross head for locomotives. The invention aims to reduce friction to boost speed, ease operation, and increase engine drawing power. Prominent railroaders approve the patent.
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William Mittereiter
Illinois Central
Water Valley
Lyon Oil Company Seeks Boring Expert for Laurel Well
The Lyon Oil Company of Laurel has sent for a competent man to drill for oil on the company's property. Laurel already has one promising oil well. If Lyon sinks another well, the town expects a booming celebration.
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Lyon Oil Company of
Laurel
Lyon
Fertilizer Factory Nears Completion in Jackson
The Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company is finishing a new fertilizer plant in Jackson, its third such facility in the city. The project signals growing industrial activity and employment potential for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company
New Hardwood Lumber Factory Planned Near Trattiesburg
An up to date factory for hardwood lumber is to be established about twelve miles from Trattiesburg. Mississippi boosts hardwood supply and three Jackson factories currently operate successfully.
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Trattiesburg
Mississippi
Jackson
Mississippi Towns Drive Municipal Improvement Era
Mississippi towns push modern utilities as waterworks electric light and sewerage projects expand. In the last year at least 3500000 dollars in municipal bonds were authorized or floated across the state, signaling a widespread wakeup to public infrastructure needs.
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Mississippi
Russians Begin A Forward Move In Manchuria
Gen Kuropatkin orders offensive action as Russian forces advance south of Mukden. Japanese hold Bent siaputze but are flanked on the hill key to the position. Casualties reported as light with Russian maneuvering along the Yentai mines and Sakhe river area.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Bentsiaputze
Yentail
Hun River
Shakhe
Mukden
Sakhe
Mistchenko
Yentai
Fugi
Liao River
Sinmintin
Kuroki
Russians Break Japanese Line at Bentsiaputze Near Mukden
Russian forward movement gains ground as Bent sinpuze falls with small losses. Russians under Gen Mistchenko harry Japanese outposts, capture key hill, and drive Japanese forces from Bentsiaputze with minimal Russian casualties. Russian advance continues from Shakhe to Yentai mines with heavy Japanese losses.
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Mukden
Bentsinpuze
Taitse River
Sandiapu
Hun River
Liao Yang
Chandraputze
Bentsiaputze
Bensihu
Kuroki
Mistchenko
Shakhe
Yentai
Price brothers convicted of manslaughter in Qualls case
Ed and Dan Price two farmers from Vinita Oklahoma were found guilty on Sunday of manslaughter in the death of Tom Qualls. The verdict follows a fatal shooting earlier in the week and concludes a high profile local trial.
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Vinita
I. T
Dan Price
Tom Qualls
Dickinson Dead Credit Manager for Crane Company
Chicago reports the death of Oliver P. Dickinson credit manager for the Crane company after several weeks illness. He previously served as vice president of the Merchants National Bank of Kansas City Missouri.
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Chicago
Oliver P. Dickinson
Crane Company
Mr. Dickinson
Merchants’ National Bank of Kansas
Indicted on Thirty Counts Brown Faces Bank Case
Sioux City Iowa October 9 a federal grand jury returned a new indictment containing about thirty counts against W E Brown president of the defunct First National Bank of Storm Lake Iowa.
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Sioux City
W. E. Brown
First National Bank of
Storm Lake
Missouri Democratic Editors Meeting Called in St Louis
J T Bradshaw president of the Democratic State Press association announces a meeting of the group on October 21 in St Louis.
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Kansas City
J. T. Bradshaw
The
Chillicothe Democrat
Democratic State Press Association
St. Louis
Pope a Creditor of Waxi
Washington report notes in Mr Waggamans debt schedule filed in bankruptcy court a $500 check due to Pope Pius X not presented for payment. The item appears among listed debts in the filing and reflects a creditor claim.
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Pope
Washington
Pope Piux X
Waggaman
Six die as coal train suffocates in St Clair tunnel
At Port Huron Michigan six Grand Trunk railway workers died from coal gas after a 17 car coal train split in the St Clair tunnel under the St Clair River to Sarnia Ontario. Engineer John Coleman perished after venturing back into the gas to save stalled cars. Rescue attempts by others were thwarted by the deadly fumes.
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Port Huron
Mich
Grand “Trunk Railway
St. Clair
St. Clair River
Sarnia
Ont
Bebb
John Coleman
J. B. Simpson
D. T. Tinsley
Thomas McGrath
D. A. Gillis
Coleman
Fngineer Coleman
Fred Forester
Begg
John Haley
Blakeman McGrath
Switchman Blake
Forester
Drowned at Virginia Beach Related to Clarksburg Family
Miss Bessie Wilson of Clarksburg West Virginia drowned while bathing at Virginia Beach Sunday afternoon. The body was recovered. Miss Mary Wilson of Charleston West Virginia and Miss Mary Simpson of Buchanan Virginia were rescued and in critical condition with Miss Eliza Dillon of Indian Rock Virginia and Miss Louise Latimer USN, all saved by life savers and hospitalized at Princess Anne hotel. The group went into the surf with Mr E Storm, a beach resident, as he tried to teach them to float when several drifted beyond their depth.
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Norfolk
Bessie Wilson
Clarksburg
W. Va
William L. Wilson
Washington and Lee University
Virginia Beach
Mary Wilson
Charleston
Mary Simpson
Buchanan
Eliza Dillon
Indian Rock
Louise Latimer
U. S
Blaze Damages Columbus Dry Goods to 200000
Fire in Columbus on October 10 destroyed two upper floors of a five story building on North High Street housing the Columbus Dry Goods Co. Total loss estimated at about $200,000 with stock damaged by water.
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Columbus Dry Goods Co
Columbus, O
North High Street
Investigation into transport service by army board
A complaint has been made to Brig. Gen. Humphrey quartermaster general and a three officer army board conducts a searching investigation into the transport service. In Saratoff Russia railroad officials struggle with a massive grain harvest backlog from the southeast region.
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San Francisco
Calsars
Humphrey
Transport Service
Army
Russia
Saratoff
Henry C Payne Funeral in Milwaukee across city
Postmaster General Henry Clay Payne was laid to rest in Forest Home cemetery Milwaukee after widespread public viewings. An estimated 25 000 watched at City Hall before a private grave service at All Saints Cathedral and Forest Home.
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Milwaukee
Henry Clay Payne
Forest Home Cemetery
City Hall
All Saint's Cathedral
Mr. Payne
Paul Morton
Victor H. Metcalf
James Wilson
United States
Quarles
Spooner
Elmer Dover
Harry S. New
Chicago
Coyne
Cathedral
Payne
Nicholson
King Peter Anointed in Solemn Serbian Coronation
King Peter received the holy chrism in a grand ceremony at Zicha with metropolitan Innocent and numerous bishops. He laid aside his crown and sword before being anointed on the ikonostasis, received communion, and returned to the throne amid blessing and anthem.
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Zicha
Servia
Peter
Innocent
Honors for A. Carnegie to receive Bessemer medal
Andrew Carnegie is to be awarded the Bessemer medal, one of the highest honors in the iron and steel industry. The medal, established by the Iron and Steel Institute in 1875, recognizes revolutionary inventions or crucial research and will be presented during the institute's annual meeting in New York starting October 24.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Bessemer
Iron and Steel Institute
Institute
Injured in Trolley Wreck at Webster Park
In Spring Valley Illinois a trolley car derailed on a sharp curve at Webster Park early Sunday. Motorman James Ball suffered several broken ribs and Conductor R B Houck had a broken leg and arm with a pierced lung. 38 passengers escaped injury as the car demolished and turned over an embankment.
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Spring Valley
Ill
Illinois Valley Electric Railway
Webster Park
James Ball
R. B. Houck
Texas Shooting Affray Ends in Fatality at Houston
Prominent Houston attorney Hugh N. Swain shot and killed C. W. Jones, secretary of the Houston Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Swain was arrested and refused to discuss motives. W. P. Swain is president of the company.
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Houston
Tex
Hugh N. Swain
C. W. Jones
Houston Fire & Marine Insurance Co
W. P. Swain
Swain
Fire destroys Swiss theater in Basel. no casualties
Geneva dispatch says a Geneva Herald report confirms a major blaze gutted Basel’s finest theater. Four blackened walls remain and no lives were lost as the fire broke out at two in the morning. Chicago marks Chicago Day at the St. Louis fair with a holiday observed on the board of trade.
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New York
Basle
Geneva
Switzerland
Chicago
St. Louis
Chicago Board of Trade
Plea for Education and Prosperity in the South
The piece honors Dr. J z M Curry for his work with the Peabody Fund and argues education as the core of prosperity. It cites international examples from Switzerland Denmark and Wurtemburg, stresses teacher support and broad access to schooling, and urges better roads and fair distribution of benefits across Mississippi communities. The article closes with notes on state fairs and regional development.
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J. Z. M. Curry
South
Dr. Curry
Peabody Fund
Georgia
General Assembly of Georgia
Curry
Mandkind
United States
Ireland
France
Germany
Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
Canton of
Zurich
England
Wurtemburg
Jefferson
New York
Massachusetts
Pugilist Reflects on Quick Loss and Gate Money
A defeated boxer responds to questions about a short fight and gate receipts, noting that a third of the gate money can ease the sting of a swift defeat. The remark hints that chasing fame often brings risk of disaster.
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Mississippi State News
Weather and Crop Report
Agricultural Bureau For
Dr. Watkin
Aterealees
Eoess
Auditor Public Accounts
New Hardwood Concern
Czar
Port Arthur
Missouri Democratic Editors
Weets
BIG Blaze
Columbus
Henry G. Payne
A. Carnegie
Texas
Cc. W. Jones
Educational Bureau
McComb
Grenada
Starkville
Lafayette
University County
Natchez
Father of Waters
Wesson
Mississippi Mills
Copiah County
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